In my last post I looked back upon the days of David Driskell’s formative years at Howard and his early defining encounters with art at the Phillips and Barnett Aden Gallery. Over the next fifty years, as his life brought him from Skowhegan to Talladega, Maine, Africa, and beyond, Driskell never lost sight of his “priestly calling” and abiding passion for “living with art.” In 2011 Driskell crossed into his 81st year—an important threshold for an artist who has come so far, accomplished so much, and opened the door for so many. In this vibrant multi-colored print by Driskell called Doorway from 2009, the artist represents the doorway as a passage between two worlds — interior and exterior, material and spiritual, real and imagined. As the colors and forms meld into one another like molten liquid, their fluid edges ebb and flow in undulating rhythms. Continue reading “David Driskell at 80: Doorways, Passages, and Thresholds of Light” »